We’re just six weeks away from the midterm elections, and we have seen a huge influx of young people registering to vote because they're angry about the Supreme Court’s destruction of abortion rights in June.
As Daily Kos’ Kerry Eleveld wrote this month:
Exciting stuff. But in a lot of states, the the deadline to register to vote is coming fast. If we're going to defeat Republicans and save our democracy, we don't have much time left to get young people registered to vote. Now is the moment to devote our grassroots energy to riding this wave and getting results.
One of the most hopeful signs of victory is a huge surge of young voters. But with the deadline to register to vote coming up in many states, the time is now—not later in October—to get involved.
Click to volunteer on Wednesday for NextGen Phone-bank Day of Action! You’ll make calls to young people and help them through the process of registering to vote.
Can't phone-bank? Sign up for a text-banking shift this week and send text messages to young people in battleground states to help them register to vote.
Not convinced? Check out this amazing chart as to what happened in Kansas before and after the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, courtesy of TargetSmart’s Tom Bonier:
In the aftermath of the Dobbs decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, Kansas saw a huge influx of young women (and men) registering to vote. And we are seeing this trend across the country.
Listen to Bonier discuss these remarkable trends on Daily Kos’ The Downballot podcast, or read the transcript.
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NextGen America is the nation’s largest youth voter organization, mobilizing millions of young people each year to support progressive candidates up and down the ballot. This week, the effort is all about registering even more young voters. NextGen America recently mailed out voter registration applications to folks in battleground states who recently moved or turned 18. Now it's on all of us to follow up and help build a wave of new registered voters.
On Wednesday, Sept. 28, we'll be calling those people who received a form from NextGen to help walk them through the voter registration process! All you need to join the effort is a reliable internet connection to make phone calls and help us reach 15,000 voters.
NextGen is also hosting text-banks every day this week to send text messages to young people in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, and Arizona—states that will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate in January. Again, you can do this from your home computer, and even in your pajamas.
The midterm elections are just six weeks from now. What you do now right now will determine if we have huge Democratic victories, or face a terrifying right-wing onslaught on our freedoms. If you’re pondering the best, most important way you can get involved, registering people to vote is what we need you to do this week.
Click to volunteer and phone-bank with NextGen on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Click to send text messages to young people in battleground states to get them registered.
Can't volunteer right now? Chip in $3 or more today to help Daily Kos get out the vote.
Looking for even more opportunities to help get out the vote? Check out 2022 GOTV page!
As Daily Kos’ Kerry Eleveld wrote this month:
Exciting stuff. But in a lot of states, the the deadline to register to vote is coming fast. If we're going to defeat Republicans and save our democracy, we don't have much time left to get young people registered to vote. Now is the moment to devote our grassroots energy to riding this wave and getting results.
One of the most hopeful signs of victory is a huge surge of young voters. But with the deadline to register to vote coming up in many states, the time is now—not later in October—to get involved.
Click to volunteer on Wednesday for NextGen Phone-bank Day of Action! You’ll make calls to young people and help them through the process of registering to vote.
Can't phone-bank? Sign up for a text-banking shift this week and send text messages to young people in battleground states to help them register to vote.
Not convinced? Check out this amazing chart as to what happened in Kansas before and after the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, courtesy of TargetSmart’s Tom Bonier:
In the aftermath of the Dobbs decision that overruled Roe v. Wade, Kansas saw a huge influx of young women (and men) registering to vote. And we are seeing this trend across the country.
Listen to Bonier discuss these remarkable trends on Daily Kos’ The Downballot podcast, or read the transcript.
Embedded Content
RELATED STORY: They said Dobbs didn't matter ... they were wrong
NextGen America is the nation’s largest youth voter organization, mobilizing millions of young people each year to support progressive candidates up and down the ballot. This week, the effort is all about registering even more young voters. NextGen America recently mailed out voter registration applications to folks in battleground states who recently moved or turned 18. Now it's on all of us to follow up and help build a wave of new registered voters.
On Wednesday, Sept. 28, we'll be calling those people who received a form from NextGen to help walk them through the voter registration process! All you need to join the effort is a reliable internet connection to make phone calls and help us reach 15,000 voters.
NextGen is also hosting text-banks every day this week to send text messages to young people in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, and Arizona—states that will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate in January. Again, you can do this from your home computer, and even in your pajamas.
The midterm elections are just six weeks from now. What you do now right now will determine if we have huge Democratic victories, or face a terrifying right-wing onslaught on our freedoms. If you’re pondering the best, most important way you can get involved, registering people to vote is what we need you to do this week.
Click to volunteer and phone-bank with NextGen on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Click to send text messages to young people in battleground states to get them registered.
Can't volunteer right now? Chip in $3 or more today to help Daily Kos get out the vote.
Looking for even more opportunities to help get out the vote? Check out 2022 GOTV page!